1 Features

Low supply voltage range:
3.6 V down to 1.8 V
Ultra-low power consumption
- Active mode (AM):
  - All system clocks active:
    - 290 µA/MHz at 8 MHz, 3.0 V, flash program execution (typical)
    - 150 µA/MHz at 8 MHz, 3.0 V, RAM program execution (typical)
- Standby mode (LPM3):
  - Real-time clock (RTC) with crystal, watchdog, and supply supervisor operational, full RAM retention, fast wakeup:
    - 1.9 µA at 2.2 V, 2.1 µA at 3.0 V (typical)
  - Low-power oscillator (VLO), general-purpose counter, watchdog, and supply supervisor operational, full RAM retention, fast wakeup:
    - 1.4 µA at 3.0 V (typical)
- Off mode (LPM4):
  - Full RAM retention, supply supervisor operational, fast wakeup:
    - 1.1 µA at 3.0 V (typical)
- Shutdown mode (LPM4.5):
  - 0.18 µA at 3.0 V (typical)
Wake up from standby mode in 3.5 µs (typical)
16-bit RISC architecture, extended memory, up to 25-MHz system clock
Flexible power-management system
- Fully integrated LDO with programmable regulated core supply voltage
- Supply voltage supervision, monitoring, and brownout
Unified clock system
- FLL control loop for frequency stabilization
- Low-power low-frequency internal clock source (VLO)
- Low-frequency trimmed internal reference source (REFO)
- 32-kHz watch crystals (XT1)
- High-frequency crystals up to 32 MHz (XT2)
16-bit timer TA0, Timer_A with five capture/compare registers
16-bit timer TA1, Timer_A with three capture/compare registers
16-bit timer TA2, Timer_A with three capture/compare registers
16-bit timer TB0, Timer_B with seven capture/compare shadow registers
Two universal serial communication interfaces (USCIs)
- USCI_A0 and USCI_A1 each support:
  - Enhanced UART supports automatic baud-rate detection
  - IrDA encoder and decoder
  - Synchronous SPI
- USCI_B0 and USCI_B1 each support:
  - I²C
  - Synchronous SPI
Full-speed universal serial bus (USB)
- Integrated USB-PHY
- Integrated 3.3-V and 1.8-V USB power system
- Integrated USB-PLL
- Eight input and eight output endpoints
12-bit analog-to-digital converter (ADC) (MSP430F552x only) with internal reference, sample-and-hold, and autoscan features
Comparator
Hardware multiplier supports 32-bit operations
Serial onboard programming, no external programming voltage needed
3-channel internal DMA
Basic timer with RTC feature
Development tools and software (also see Tools and Software)
- LaunchPad™ development kit (MSP‑EXP430F5529LP)
- MSP430F5529 experimenter’s board (MSP‑EXP430F5529)
- 80-pin target development board (MSP‑TS430PN80USB)
- 64-pin target development board (MSP‑TS430RGC64USB)
- USB developers package (MSP430USBDEVPACK)
- MSP430Ware™ code examples
Device Comparison summarizes the available family members